11-28-2013, 01:39 AM
cbelt3, thanks for the link to your original post; I hadn't seen it. I sent it to my wife and kids.
In the early days of country music, they used to make songs about dying children and sad Christmases. Today urban sophisticates doubtless think them maudlin, but less than a hundred years ago in our country there was a lot of trouble and heartache, and music provided a shared commonwealth of sorrow, even a sort of comfort.
Of course today, there are still plenty of sad stories, but somehow they get lost in the raucous, glitzy, commercially-produced popular culture. Thanks for sharing that one with this small community.
/Mr Lynn
In the early days of country music, they used to make songs about dying children and sad Christmases. Today urban sophisticates doubtless think them maudlin, but less than a hundred years ago in our country there was a lot of trouble and heartache, and music provided a shared commonwealth of sorrow, even a sort of comfort.
Of course today, there are still plenty of sad stories, but somehow they get lost in the raucous, glitzy, commercially-produced popular culture. Thanks for sharing that one with this small community.
/Mr Lynn